In This Episode

Step aside, Millennials. There’s a new, younger group out there: Generation Z, which includes anyone born after 1996. To learn more about this generation, we sat down with Kim Parker, director of social trends research at the Pew Research Center.

After the Fact

“After the Fact” is a podcast from The Pew Charitable Trusts that brings you data and analysis on the issues that matter to you—from our environment and the sciences, to larger economic trends and public health.

PROFILE

Karin Hoelzer focuses on research and policies related to foodborne pathogens, the use of antibiotics in animals, and other public health risks related to the food supply for Pew’s safe food and antibiotic resistance projects.

Before joining Pew, Hoelzer worked at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, where she developed and led risk assessments and conducted systematic reviews and meta-analyses on a variety of issues, such as drug residues in dairy products and Listeria monocytogenes in retail delicatessens. Hoelzer previously was a research associate at Cornell University, where she traced the transmission of pathogens between livestock and humans.

Hoelzer holds doctorates in veterinary medicine from the University of Veterinary Medicine in Hannover, Germany, and in comparative biomedical sciences from Cornell University. She has received a Morris Animal Foundation fellowship training grant, authored peer-reviewed publications, and is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, the International Association for Food Protection, and other professional organizations. She also serves as scientific editor for the Elsevier journal Research in Veterinary Science.